NAA: A1, 1916/4574
Sevigne, Ivy Nathalie Clarice
Digital copy - 34176
Occupation as written | Boarding house Proprietor |
Standardised occupation | DS03: Domestic service - Other service |
Application received | 14 Feb 1916 |
Application status |
Approved |
Official | |
Date of approval or denial | 28 Feb 1916 |
If rejected, why? | |
Birthplace as written | Sydney |
Modern country | Australia |
Age on application | 34 |
Age on arrival in Australia | None |
Port of Departure | None |
Port of Arrival | None |
Date of arrival | None |
Name of ship | None |
Address in Australia | Rotoiti, Marian Street, Killara near Sydney |
Address State | New South Wales |
Time at address | |
Married | Divorced |
Children | No |
Name of reference | William Arnott |
Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace, Rose Bay, NSW |
Marginalia description | |
Police report attached | No |
Link to other applicant | |
Literate | Yes |
Reason | other |
Other information | S. to Hunt, 10 Feb 1916, Cover letter to application: Born in Australia, but married an American, Richard Sevigne, on 26 March 1903. Divorced 24 June 1914, NSW due to his desertion for 3+ years. 'I have for some time been carrying on business as a boarding house proprietor as Killars... now desirous of obtaining a Pass Port to enable a journey to France for certain domestic reasons.' Tried to get passport and was told she was American. Then went to American Consulate in Sydney but told not American |
Application typed statement, 10 Feb 1916: father was William Henry Chard, Sydney, a wool merchant and Elizabeth Anne, b. Sydney.
S., 15/2/1916: Sent an urgent telegram at Request to clarify that American husband never naturalised (divorced)